Jim's Express

Jim Bengert welcomed the public to see "Jim's Express", his model train display housed in the garage in his back yar.d

JAMES MCAULEY / Courier & Press Brad Baumgart lifts Amber St. Pierre, 3, up so that she can see a train pass at "Jim's Express", an annual open house model train display held by Jim Bengert on Saturday, November 27, 2010. Bengert's garage features Lionel trains running through country landscapes and three cities with miniature people, buildings, and attractions.

JAMES MCAULEY / Courier & Press Jim Bengert, right, welcomes Donna Jones, center, and Joe May into his garage to see "Jim's Express", his annual model train display as he held an open house for the public on Saturday, November 27, 2010. Bengert's garage features Lionel trains running through country landscapes and three cities with miniature people, buildings, and attractions. "I think it looks a little bigger this year," said Jones.

JAMES MCAULEY / Courier & Press A model of the former Evansville Greyhound station was one of the features at "Jim's Express", an annual open house model train display held by Jim Bengert on Saturday, November 27, 2010. Bengert's garage features Lionel trains running through country landscapes and three cities with miniature people, buildings, and attractions.

JAMES MCAULEY / Courier & Press Jim Bengert welcomed the public to see "Jim's Express", his model train display housed in the garage in his back yard on Saturday, November 27, 2010. Bengert has had to make additions to the structure to house the display as it grew over the years.

JAMES MCAULEY / Courier & Press Jim Bengert's train layout features a model of an old McDonald's restaurant along with Lionel trains running through country landscapes and three cities with miniature people, buildings, and attractions.

JAMES MCAULEY / Courier & Press A look at some of the details of Jim Bengert's train layout.